“The Facebook AV Marketplace is a destination for our more than one billion users to ensure they’re safe from the latest security threats,” Facebook’s Chief Security Officer Joe Sullivan said in a press release today. “To help our users keep their hardware better protected, we’re pleased to offer Sophos software for those using Mac devices.”

Apple is no longer a small player in the computer market, hence Apple users need to become accustomed to security software, Sophos Product Manager Sunil Choudrie said.

“We continue to see significant global demand for our free antivirus tool. As Apple products grow in popularity, they’re increasingly attractive targets to hackers,” said Choudrie. “By making this tool available on the Facebook AV Marketplace, we’re providing Facebook’s many Mac users with secure peace of mind — all of which is updated automatically.”